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(No ModeL) H. G. YEISBR & G. SEYBOLD.

PAPER FILE.

No. 350,963. I Pa tented Oct 19, 1886;

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HENRY C. YEISER AND CHARLES SEYBOLD, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE GLOBE FILES COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

PAPER-FILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 350,963, dated October 19, 1886.

Application filed June 23, 1886.

To CLZZ 1071 0712, it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY O. YEIsER and CHARLES SEYBOLD, both residing at Oincinnati, in the'county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, and citizens of said State, have jointly invented a new and useful Improvement in Paper-Files, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to that class of files used to temporarily receive papers in such manner that they may be conveniently consulted from time to time and readily transferred to more permanent files.

Figure 1 is a perspective of our files; Fig. 2, a bottom view of the casing and plate which intervenes between the sliding plate and the board or tablet upon which the casing is mounted. Fig. 3 is a'perspeetive of the transfer-wire and the sliding plate in which it is mounted. Fig. 4 is a bottom view of the sliding plate, the flanged way in which it moves, and a portion of the casing. Fig. 5 is a perspective of the plate which intervenes between the slidin plate and the board or tablet. Fi 6 is a cross-section taken through the punch.

A represents a board or tablet on which the casing is mounted; B, a casing mounted on this board or tablet, supporting the stationary wires 0 O D, slotted to receive the transferwire E and to admit of its movement, and provided with flanges G G on its under side, in which the sliding plate on which the transferwire is mounted has a longitudinal movement.

F is the sliding plate, having longitudinal slots or slits i 2'. The slotted portion of this plate is made slightly broader than the space between the flanges G G, either by cutting the same out of a plate that is in the first instance broader than this space, or by spreading the portions of the plate which lie outside of the slits after the same is cut. This causes the plate to bear with an elastic pressure upon the flanges G G, creating sufficient friction to hold the plate in any position in which it may be placed.

H is a plate having lateral lugs Z Z, the plate being made of such size as to fit within the flanges G G, and the lugs fitting into the notches 'r 1', formed in these flanges. This plate is placed in the space between these flanges afterthe sliding plate has been put in Serial No. 205,5.55, (No model.)

position, its lugs fitting into the correspond ing notches. 1t affords a bottom bearing for the sliding plate, and itself rests upon the board or tablet. The casing B has projections m m at either side, perforated to receive the wire or wires 0 O, and has also the projection 0, perforated to receive and support the perforating upright stationary wire or tube D. The casing is also provided with the projection 1), 6o perforated to receive any convenient hook or pin, upon which it may be hung. q q are perforations through the casing for the reception of screws or rivets, by which it may be attached to the tablet.

K represents a punch for perforating the papers before they are placed on the files. As illustrated, it has an upper plate composed of elastic metals, attached to the board by screws or rivets at 7 and z and bent upward therefrom, bearing at its front end a downwardlyprojecting pin, a, an intermediate elastic plate,

t, attached at the same point, and perforated to allow the pin a to pass through it, and a bottom plate, 10, attached to the tablet and having a corresponding perforation, the 1astnamed perforation passing through the tablet, as indicated at There may also be an upright guide-pin passing through these several plates, as represented by j. Vhen the paper is to be punched, it is inserted under the pin a. The plate 8 is then pressed downward, the pin passing through the paper and into the perforation a2. Vhen the plate 8 is released, it recoils and the plate I forces the paper off the pin, thereby releasing it. The paper may then be placed upon the upright post or wire D; or, if desired, it may be placed upon that post without being first punctured, the sharp point of the post then serving to penetrate the paper. \Vhen a paper is to be placed upon the post D, the transfer-wire is slid back to or toward the position represented by the dotted lines. It is then slid forward so as to fit snugly against the post D, thereby locking the papers 9 5 upon that post. The tablet may then be hung up or placed in any desired position without danger of the papers falling off.

When it is desired to consult papers in the files, those above the ones to be examined may be slid up onto the transfer-wire E, and if it is desired to leave them in that position tem porarily, thereby separating a portion of the files from the remainder, the transfer-wire may be slid back till its point enters the recess a, when the portion of the papers upon the transfer-wire will be locked in position by the wires 0 G, and can be hung up in that position, if desired. This wire 0 0 serves at once to keep the heads of the paper even and horizontal, as a guard-wire for the point of the transfer-wire when in its retracted position, and as a means for locking papers upon it when it is desired to leave them there tempo 'rarily. The up right post D is preferably made hollow, so as to receive a string or wire upon which the papers may be slid off for perma nent filing. More than one upright post and more than one transfer-wire may be used, if.

desired; but we consider this unnecessary. If additional transfer-wires are used, there should be notches in the wires 0 C to correspond with each transfer-wire. Instead of forming the notch a by bending the wire, as shown in the drawings, there might be a small slit in the wire; but this would be less substantial than the construction shown, and would not serve so effectually the purpose of guarding the point of the transfer-wire when in its retracted position, which is one of the advantages obtained by the construction shown in the drawings. Other forms of punch may be used, or the punch may be altogether dispensed with.

We claim- 1. The combination of a casing having lougitudinal flanges and a slotted plate sliding longitudinally between said flanges, elastically bearing against the same laterally, and bearing the upright transfer-wire, substantially as de scribed.

2. A casing having parallel flanges and a slot between said flanges, in combination with a curved transfer-wire projecting through said slot, and a sliding plate upon which said transfer-wire is mounted, fittingbetween said flanges, made for a portion of its length slightly broader than the space between said flanges, and hav ing slits whereby it can yield to fit between said flanges, substantially as described.

3. In combination with a tablet, a casing mounted thereon, having a slot for the reception of the transfer-wire, and flanges on each side of said slot substantially parallel therewith, a slotted sliding plate mounted between said flanges and bearing elastically against the same, and an intermediate plate fitting between said flanges and interposed between the sliding plate and the tablet upon which the same is mounted, substantially as described.

4. In combination with the transfer'wire of a paper-file, a guard-wire mounted on the pedestal thereof,and extending between the transfer-wire and the permanent upright post, and having a notch through which the point of the transfer-wire may slide, and in which it may be received in its retracted position, for the purpose described. I

5. The combination of the tablet, the casing having flanges upon its under side, the notches in said flanges, the slotted sliding plate mounted between said flanges, and the intermediate plate fitting between said flanges and having lateral lugs fitting into said notches, substantially as and for the purpose described.

HENRY C. YEISER. CHARLES SEYBOLD.

Vitnesses:

FRANK XV. BURNI-IAM, JAMES N. RAMSEY. 

